Plotting Device Information with events

[arievanbrakel6314]

please can you help me.

I use "Plot Events: BeginDocument" to detect the output file of the output file.

My project is based on the

C:\Autodesk\Autodesk_ObjectARX_2017_Win_64_and_32_Bit\samples\dotNet\EventsWatcher

example.

The EventsWatcher example behave already strange...?

In AutoCAD 2015 and 2016 it works correct.

But in AutoCAD 2017 I missing the "BeginDocument" event?

ac2015
Command:  PLOT
Plot Events: BeginPlot - PlotProgress.IsVisible:True PlotType:Preview
Plot Events: BeginDocument - Copies:1 DocumentName:C:\Program Files\Autodesk\AutoCAD 2015\Drawing1.dwg FileName: PlotToFile:False
Plot Events: BeginPage - LastPage:True ConfigName:DWG To PDF.pc3 PageInfo.EntityCount:226
Plot Events: EndPage - Status:Continue
Plot Events: EndDocument - Status:Continue
Plot Events: EndPlot - Status:Continue
Plot Events: BeginPlot - PlotProgress.IsVisible:True PlotType:Plot
Plot Events: BeginDocument - Copies:1 DocumentName:C:\Users\brakela\my documents\Drawing1.dwg FileName:C:\Users\brakela\My Documents\Drawing1-Model.pdf PlotToFile:True
Plot Events: BeginPage - LastPage:True ConfigName:DWG To PDF.pc3 PageInfo.EntityCount:226Effective plotting area:  4.12 wide by 10.15 high
Plotting viewport 2.
Plot Events: EndPage - Status:Continue
Plot Events: EndDocument - Status:Continue
Plot Events: EndPlot - Status:Continue

ac2017sp1
Command: PLOT

Plot Events: BeginPlot - PlotProgress.IsVisible:True PlotType:Preview
Plot Events: BeginPage - LastPage:True ConfigName:DWG To PDF.pc3 PageInfo.EntityCount:253
Plot Events: EndPage - Status:Continue
Plot Events: EndDocument - Status:Continue
Plot Events: EndPlot - Status:Continue
Plot Events: BeginPlot - PlotProgress.IsVisible:True PlotType:Plot
Plot Events: BeginPage - LastPage:True ConfigName:DWG To PDF.pc3 PageInfo.EntityCount:253Effective plotting area:  418.13 wide by 295.41 high

Plotting viewport 2.

Plot Events: EndPage - Status:Continue
Plot Events: EndDocument - Status:Continue
Plot Events: EndPlot - Status:Continue

How can I retrieve the plot file name in ac2017?

thanks in advance for your support

[Virupaksha_aithal · Accepted solution]

Hi,

This is know issue in AutoCAD 2017. This issue is addressed in AutoCAD 2018. One alternative is to use ObjectARX (AcPlPlotReactor) to identify the plotting file name